Rachel Moss Interviewed by Janina Ramirez

Art historian Dr Rachel Moss introduces the 1,300-year-old masterpiece of Celtic art, the Book of Durrow.

The book is one of the earliest-surviving decorated manuscripts in northwestern Europe and believed to be the oldest fully decorated gospel to survive from post-Roman Britain and Ireland. Moss explains its creation in a monastery associated with the Irish St Columba and the story around its preservation. She gives an insight into the distinctive artwork that went into it and the challenges faced by its maker.

Moss is head of history of art and architecture at Trinity College Dublin where the Book of Durrow is held. She specialises in medieval art and architecture. Here she talks to cultural historian, broadcaster and author Dr Janina Ramirez.

This event is part of the festival’s Irish programme.